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Located in the friendly and historic borough of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, St. Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church is a warm, welcoming Orthodox Christian church, believing in and worshiping the Holy Trinity according to the Holy Scripture and the unchanging holy tradition of the Orthodox Church. The parish is pan-Orthodox and multi-ethnic in composition, embracing the customs of Orthodox Christians of varying backgrounds, within the traditions of the Antiochian Archdiocese, using English as the language of worship.

St. Paul's is a parish of the Diocese of Charleston, Oakland and the Mid-Atlantic, within the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, part of the ancient Orthodox Christian Patriarchate of Antioch, the place where the disciples of Jesus were first called Christians (Acts 11:26).  Our pastor is the Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick.

St. Paul's welcomes the people of Emmaus, as well as residents and visitors from throughout the East Penn and Lehigh Valley metropolitan area. The parish community includes members of all ages and ancestry. Among our parishioners, we have people of American, Carpatho-Russian, English, German, Greek, Hispanic, Irish, Italian, Korean, Lebanese, Lithuanian, Palestinian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Scandinavian, Serbian, Slavic, Syrian, and Ukrainian backgrounds... and more!

All are welcome to attend any of our worship services, as well as taking advantage of educational opportunities to learn about the ancient, unchanging Orthodox Christian faith, delivered by Jesus Christ to His Apostles and kept for 2000 years without addition, subtraction or alteration. Please come for a visit!

Worship services, all in English, are held daily.


Upcoming Events

Retreat Mar. 3: Orthodox Church Music

On March 3, 2012, a retreat on Orthodox Church Music will be held at St. Paul's, featuring Richard Barrett, Liturgical Musician and Scholar and Artistic Director of the St. John of Damascus Society.  The schedule is as follows:

10am Divine Liturgy, commemorating St. Theodore the Soldier and the Miracle of the Koliva (Sung by Mr. Barrett)

11:30am Lenten Potluck Lunch (bring a dish to share!)

12pm First Talk: “Psalterion as pulpit: The privilege, craft, and discipline of Orthodox liturgical song”

1pm-6pm Break for the Afternoon

6pm Great Vespers

7pm Second Talk: “Mingling prophecy with melody: the ethos of Orthodox liturgical music" (Lenten refreshments will be served during this talk)

While the talks will be edifying for all, choir members, chanters and readers are especially encouraged to attend.


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